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Beige G3 spring
Posted by: ttyr2 on 2026-05-10 08:05:16
While I was working on my beige G3, this spring piece fell off. I didn't see it happen and can't figure out how to put it back on.

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It looks like it goes on the bottom of the tilt-out section with the power supply and hard drives, but the little tab to the left that you can see sticking up doesn't have anything to go in to. I'm wondering if it got bent up and it should be bent down as there is a small square hole in the case that would match up.
Posted by: croissantking on 2026-05-10 09:23:01
Found this on Google

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Posted by: croissantking on 2026-05-10 09:27:59
And here’s a pic of my own Beige G3 with the clip. It hooks round the opening for the drive data cables.

Not sure why yours is longer…

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Posted by: ttyr2 on 2026-05-10 11:03:18
It looks like I must have a different revision of the chassis. With your help, I figured out I was trying to put the spring on 180deg rotated.


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Posted by: croissantking on 2026-05-10 11:05:16
Ah, you have the minitower. I was looking at the desktop.
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